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==Map Set 3== | ==Map Set 3== | ||
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Revision as of 07:21, 10 May 2011
A number of Map Sets and Map Set Compilations were published as supplements for the BattleTech board game, providing additional gaming maps with new hex-based terrain. In Germany, Map Sets 2 through 5 (with translated map markings) were sold as "GeoTech" I through IV by FanPro.
Up until 1988 (i.e. up until the first edition of Map Set 2) the maps were printed on thick cardboard similar to the maps included with the BattleTech 2nd Edition boxed set. Starting with the second edition of Map Set 2 (1991) and the BattleTech, Third Edition (1992) boxed set maps were printed on paper. Since HexPack: Lakes and Rivers (2010), maps are printed on thick, gameboard-style cardboard with vinyl covering.
From 2002 until 2008 the various game supplementals were produced under the "Classic BattleTech" moniker to differentiate them from supplements for the "MechWarrior: Dark Age" brand, a separate BattleTech game using the Clix rules which was discontinued in 2008.
Map Set
FASA product #1610; also colloquially known as the "Map Set #1". Released in 1985.
A first, unnumbered GeoTech set is said to have been published in 1990 containing a (German) BattleTech rulebook and the River Valley, Desert Hills and Industrial maps, i.e. roughly equivalent to Map Set 1.
Maps included:
Open terrain
River valley
Lake area
- MapCityIndustrialcomplex.jpg
City/Industrial complex
Map Set 2
FASA product #1618. Released first in 1988 with cardboard maps and again in 1991 with paper maps, with the same product number.
German edition published in 1993 as "GeoTech I".
Maps included:
Mountain Lake
River Valley
Lake Area
BattleTech
CityTech
City Ruins
Desert Hills
Scattered Woods
Map Set 3
FASA product #1638, released in 1991.
German edition published in 1993 as "GeoTech II".
Maps included:
Desert Mountain #1
Desert Mountain #2
Desert Sinkhole #1
Desert Sinkhole #2
Rolling Hills #1
Rolling Hills #2
City Hills/Residential #1
City Hills/Residential #2
Map Set 4
FASA product #1663, released in 1991.
German edition published in 1993 as "GeoTech III".
Maps included:
Heavy Forest #1
Heavy Forest #2
City Street Grid/Park #1
City Street Grid/Park #2
Large Lakes #1
Large Lakes #2
River Delta/Drainage Basin #1
River Delta/Drainage Basin #2
Map Set 5
FASA product #1683, released in 1997. The "Open Terrain #1" map was identical to the "Open Terrain" map previously published in the first Map Set, albeit printed on paper instead of cardboard.
German edition published in 1997 as "GeoTech IV".
Maps included:
- MapLargeMountain1.jpg
Large Mountain #1
Large Mountain #2
Deep Canyon #1
Deep Canyon #2
Open Terrain #1
Open Terrain #2
Moonscape #1
Moonscape #2
Map Set 6
FASA product #1723, released in 2000.
Maps included:
City (Downtown)
City (Residential)
City (Skyscraper)
City (Suburbs)
Wide River
Woodland
- MapBoxCanyon.jpg
Box Canyon
BattleForce 2
Map Set 7
FanPro product #10637, released in 2002.
Maps included:
DropPort #1
DropPort #2
Archipelago #1
Archipelago #2
Military Base #1
Military Base #2
Coast #1
Coast #2
Seaport
Map Set Compilation 1
FanPro product #10990, released in 2003. Includes all maps from Map Sets 2 through 4.
Map Set Compilation 2
FanPro product #35012, released in 2005. Includes the maps from Map Sets 5 and 6, plus Planetary Assault Maps 1 and 2 from BattleForce 2 and the BattleSpace map.
Planetary Assault Map 1
Planetary Assault Map 2
BattleSpace
Map Pack: Solaris VII
FanPro product #35002, released in 2005.
- (see Mappack: Solaris VII for full article)
Besides being a compilation of previously published maps for various Solaris Games Duelling Arenas, for play under either 'Mech Duel Rules or classic BattleTech (board game) rules, the pack includes a sourcebook section detailing the gaming world and some of its stables. Special rules provided for playing on certain maps.
Maps included:
Boreal Reach (Davion arena)
The Factory (Marik arena)
Ishiyama (Kurita arena)
Ishiyama (Kurita arena)
The Jungle (Liao arena)
Steiner Coliseum
Hartford Gardens
King of the Mountain
The Scrap Yard
The Pool
The Mud Pit
Hex Pack: Lakes and Rivers
CGL product #35140, released in 2010.
- (see HexPack: Lakes and Rivers for full article)
HexPack: Lakes and Rivers contains a thicker high-quality cardboard game map (double sided, with a different map printed on each side). In addition, punchout map pieces of various sizes are included to modify the maps as well as a booklet with scenarios and rules expansions for the basic game from Tactical Operations. Maps included: River Valley, Large Lakes #2 (flip-sided).